Dispenser



A118 17, 1937' o. l. KIGHT I' 2,090,128

y DISPENSER Filed June 29, 193e 'IlIll/llllllllll/llll/llI/IJ m v1 Bg @.LKight M attorneg Patented Aug. 17, 1937 y i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DISPENSER Orval I. Kight Ralston, Nebr., assignor of onehalf to Frank Lindee, mahaNebr.

Application June 29, 1936, Serial No. 87,937

2 Claims. (Cl. 2321-98) This invention relates to containers such as or rious sizes and the contents of the containers similar to those adapted for the transportation being poured therefrom for various periods reefnd inerChendiSing 0f granular subsi/amies SuCh sults in either not enough chips being dispensed es CO'iTee, soep Chips and the like and more pafrtocause sufficient suds in said water or that too 5 ticularly to a container for said substances which much chips are dispensed in a wasteful manner 5 may be manipulated With One hand While held and the present invention comprehends the proin Said hand fOr dispensing e predetermined vision of means for preventing the disadvanmeasured quantity of substance from the packtageons practices of the prior art. age or container. Referring Vnow to the drawing for a more par- 1f) It is an Object 0f the inVeniJiOn t0 prOVide ticular descriptiomthe numeral III indicates a 10 Ineens fOr preventing Waste 0f Substafnees Which container such as is formed of folded cardboard as heretOfOre DreCtiCed have ieeen dissipated or any suitable material. folded or otherwise. through pouring or procuring a larger amount The container la may be of any size or shape and thereof from a container than is suicient for a if of rectangular construction is formed with six l5 Certain purpose or immediate use. closure walls providing. a box-like structure ini5.

Another object of the invention'is to provide eluding a top II through which, during the a Container for Said useful purposes Which is manufacture thereof and adjacent a corner or economical in construction and eiiicient in use. edge. of the container I0 is provided with an Other objects and advantages of the invention aperture l2, Will be more fully described hereinafter and Will The aperture I2 ,may be (if any desired size ,2U be more particularly pointed out as Claimed or configuration and is of a preselected size in herein. accordance with Vthe merchandise or ingredi- In the drawing Wl'lerein like symbols refer vt0 ents which are to be packaged in the container. like or corresponding parts throughout the sev- Coarse substances such as soap chips require a eral views: much greater aperture I2 than finer merchana 25 Figure 1 is a vertical section of a portion of a dise such as, for instance, ground coee. container showing an embodiment of the present vDuring manufacture the container I0 is proinvention in connection therewith, the measuring vided with a discharge chute which is preferably device thereof being in an open or material dismade of paper andA secured to three side Walls of charge position. the container I0 orfmay be formed integral with v30 Figure 2 iS en end VieW 0f e DOIiiOn 0f the COnsaid Walls or comprising a continuation thereof tainer shown in Figure 1, said measuring and. and in the specic embodiment of the invention discharge portion being illustrated in a folded depicted in the drawing the discharge member and sealed position. I3 includes, as shown in Figure 1, an end Wall I4 Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 but i1- adjacent said aperture, oppositely disposed side 35 lustrating the appearance of the container after walls -I5 and a cover I6, whereby the chute overa sealing tongue preferably employed has been lies the aperture I2 and an elongated recess I1 removed from the device. is provided between the cover I6 and the top II Figure 4 is an end view of the device shown of the container having an open end I8 which in Figure 1, the discharge chute thereof being. is oppositely disposed with respect to the end 40 in an open position. y Wall I4, said parts in use being `arranged as Figure 5 is a semi-diagrammatic View i1lus shown in Figure 1.

trating a measuring of a substance into the dis- In operation the device is grasped between `the charge chute prior to a discharge thereof, thumb and forenger and tilted in a direction rFigure 6 illustrates a discharge of said subwhereby the elongated recess I'I of the chute is 45 stance through said chute. swung vertically-and the end wall I4 lowered or Figure 7 is a top plan View of the invention on raised with respect to the open discharge end I8 a reduced scale. of the device as shown in Figure 5 or the device As heretofore practiced in the art cardboard may be, if desired, turned upside down or inpackages or containers having, for instance, soap verted in accordance with the quantity of machips therein have been used by a housewife, terial remaining in the device, whereby a portion during washing dishes, by employing the expediof the contents of the package or device may ent of tearing or punching a hole through the thereby be caused to move through the aperture top of the package .and then shaking the chips I2 as shown in Figure 5, the quantity so moved into the dish water pan, said holes being of vathrough said aperture being predetermined by 55 the size of said aperture. The device is now swung in a reverse direction or rotated, whereby the end wall i4 is then positioned higher than the discharge spout I8 of the device, permitting 5 the predetermined and measured quantity of the ingredients to slide outwardly of the end I8 through the elongated recess I'I and the walls of said recess guide and direct the ingredients toward the dish pan, coffee pot or the like. At lo times when the device is nearly emptied the recess I'l is held downward with respect to other portio-ns of the invention for discharging a measured portion therethrough and the open end lisf held lowermost during said discharge.

l5 Assuming that the ingredients to be dispensedr are soap chips and a dish pan having a large amount of water is being employed the housewife may repeat the said operation for discharging from the device a second predetermined quantity of soap chips sufcient to form suds in an economical manner.` Similarly and assuming that ground coffee is being discharged and that the size of the aperture l2 is suiicient only t0 permit enough coffee grounds for one cup of coffee to be discharged for each oscillation of the device and further assuming that six cups of coffee are desired, the operator may economically discharge the proper amount of ground coffee into the coffee pot without waste and in accordance with the direction of the Vender of the coffee with respect to his recommendation as to the quantity of coffee suilicient to provide a cup of colfee of ordinary strength.

When no-t in use the cover I6 and side walls I5 may be .folded for preventing air from entering the interior of the package such as may be cali culated to ydeteriorate the aroma of the coffee upon contact with the latter and similarly would dry soap chips. {At the time the device ofthe present invention, containing the merchandise, leaves the factory thecontainer is hermetically sealed and remains so while on the shelves of the retailer, said cover I6 together with the oppositely disposed side walls I5 and the end wallA I4 being folded inwardly and in abutting relation with respect to the top II as shown in Figure 7 and at this time the cover I6 is provided with a tongue I9 which .extends over the end wall of the main body portion of the container I0 adjacent the open end I8 of the elongated recess II rto seal the latter, said tongue being provided with a tang 20 which is caused to adhere to the container by means of a suitable adhesive whereby the interior of the container II) is hermetically sealed.

VIn use the consumer may insert his thumb nail, the blade of a case knife or any suitable media under the tang 20 for freeing it fromthe adjacent wall of the container I0; whereupon the tang is grasped between the thumb andA forefinger and the tongue I9 moved into alignment with the cover I6; whereupon said tongue I9 may, if desired, be torn off from the cover I6, whereby the appearance of the device would be changed from its distribution appearance depicted in Figure 2 to its appearance while in use 'or the form shown in Figure 3, the tongue I9 being removed during said latter period. The cover I6 being adapted to be moved by the operator away from the body I9 simultaneously with a movement of the folded end wall le and side walls I5, the package then assuming the appearance shown in Figure 4.

It is obvious that various Changes and modifications may be made in the details of construction and design of the above specifically described embodiment of my invention without departing from the spirit thereof, such changes and modifications being restricted only by the scope of the invention as herein claimed.

What is claimed is:

1. A dispensing package for free flowing material, comprising a closed box body for carrying a quantity of the material and having a top wall with an opening therethrough near one edge of the box body, and a chute portion having foldy able end and side walls extending upwardly from the adjacent edge and the corresponding side walls of 'the box body `beyond the said top wall of the box body and having a foldable cover Wall spaced from the box body top wall and joining the end and side walls of the chute, said chute 'being open at its end remote from its end wall and said opening in the top wall of the box body,

' said cover wallv adapted to be forced down upon the top Wall of the vbox kbody to close the opening therein with the chute walls and edge portions of the cover wall rolled inwardly in underlapping relation to hold the cover Wall closed and said cover wall adapted to be pulled out into position to open the chute, whereby the material is retained in the box body when the latter is disposed in upright position and whereby the material flows through said opening inthe top wall of the box body into the closed end of the chute when the box body is tilted backwardly from the open end of the chute, and whereby the material in the chute may flow from the open end thereof when the box body'is tilted in the direction of the open end of the chute and the remaining material in the box body is trapped therein againstv said vtop wall thereof.

2. A dispensing package for free flowing material, comprising a closed box body for carrying a quantity of the material and having a top wall with an opening therethrough near one edge of the box body, and a chute portion having foldable end and side Walls extending upwardly from the adjacent edge and the corresponding side walls of the box body beyond the said top wall of the box body'and having a foldable cover wall spaced from the box body 'top wall and joining the end and side walls of the chute, said chute being open at its end remote from its end wall and said opening in thel top wall of the box body, said cover wall having a closure tongue on its end at the open end of the chute and said cover wall and the side and end walls of the chute adapted to be rolled and forced downwardly to engage the cover wall against the top wall of the box body and close the opening therein, said tongue adapted to be bent down and sealed against the adjacentredge Wall of the box, body to hold the cover wall down in closed position, saidtongue adapted to be freed from the box body and pulled upwardly toraise the cover wall and open the chute, whereby' the material is retained in the box body when lthe latter is disposed in upright position and whereby the material flows through saidopening in the top wall of the box body into the closed end of the chute when the box body is tilted backwardly from the open end of the chute, and whereby the'material in the chute may flow from the open end `thereof when the box body is tilted in the direction of the open end of the chute and the remaining material in the box body is trapped therein against said top wall thereof.

' ORVAL I. KIGHT. 

